Exhibition: Liked & Shared at Marsh's Library Dublin
In recent years, Ireland's oldest library, has posted hundreds of images from their priceless collections on social media platforms, viewed by hundreds of thousands of people across the world. Now they're exhibiting the ones that have gathered the most ‘likes’, ‘shares’ and ‘retweets’ - find out more here.
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— Marsh's Library (@MarshsLibrary) August 27, 2020
Event: Clifden Arts Festival
Ireland's longest-running community arts festival returns for its 45th installment as the Clifden Arts Festival returns to full capacity across the Connemara region from September 15th - 25th, with international literary legend Margaret Atwood in attendance - find out more here.
Film: Grace Of My Heart
The Irish Film Institute welcomes US filmmaker Allison Anders on Saturday, September 17th for a special screening of her 1996 cult classic Grace Of My Heart, a musical drama featuring a killer soundtrack, starring Illeana Douglas tracing one woman's journey from '50s songwriter to '70s stardom - Anders will join filmmaker Paul Duane for a Q&A afterward. More details here.
Opera: The First Child
Irish National Opera presents the triumphant conclusion of Donnacha Dennehy and Enda Walsh's uniquely dark operatic trilogy, touring nationwide, with stops in Navan, Cork, Limerick and Tralee.
Art: Ron Mueck at The Mac, Belfast
The first major exhibition of the work of internationally acclaimed sculptor Ron Mueck to feature in Ireland is currently showing at the MAC in Belfast. Mueck at the MAC brings together seven of the artist's hyperreal sculptures, including the reputation-making Dead Dad (1997) and his monumental piece In Bed (2005) - find out more here.
